GUSTATORY PERCEPTION OF ISOHUMULONES - INFLUENCE OF SEX AND THIOUREA TASTER STATUS

被引:21
作者
MELA, DJ
机构
[1] AFRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Shienfield, Reading, Berks
关键词
D O I
10.1093/chemse/15.4.485
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Detection thresholds for NaCl and a purified isohumulones preparation did not differ between thiourea tasters and non-tasters. However, suprathreshold concentrations of isohumulones in water (but not in beer) were perceived as more intense by tasters. Females had significantly lower NaCl thresholds and tended to perceive isohumulones in water as more intense. © 1990 Oxford University Press.
引用
收藏
页码:485 / 490
页数:6
相关论文
共 20 条
[1]   BITTER TASTE OF SACCHARIN RELATED TO THE GENETIC ABILITY TO TASTE THE BITTER SUBSTANCE 6-NORMAL-PROPYLTHIOURACIL [J].
BARTOSHUK, LM .
SCIENCE, 1979, 205 (4409) :934-935
[2]   RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TASTE AND SMELL ACROSS THE ADULT LIFE-SPAN [J].
COWART, BJ .
ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1989, 561 :39-55
[3]  
COWART BJ, 1990, IN PRESS RATIO SCALI
[4]   TASTE THRESHOLDS AND FOOD DISLIKES [J].
FISCHER, R ;
ENGLAND, S ;
GRIFFIN, F ;
GARN, SM .
NATURE, 1961, 191 (479) :1328-&
[5]   GUSTATORY PROCESSING DIFFERENCES IN PTC TASTERS AND NON-TASTERS - A REACTION-TIME ANALYSIS [J].
FRANK, RA ;
KORCHMAR, DL .
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR, 1985, 35 (02) :239-242
[6]   SWEETNESS OF SUCROSE, NEOHESPERIDIN DIHYDROCHALCONE, AND SACCHARIN IS RELATED TO GENETIC ABILITY TO TASTE THE BITTER SUBSTANCE 6-N-PROPYLTHIOURACIL [J].
GENT, JF ;
BARTOSHUK, LM .
CHEMICAL SENSES, 1983, 7 (3-4) :265-272
[7]   FOOD PREFERENCE AND SENSITIVITY OF TASTE FOR BITTER COMPOUNDS [J].
GLANVILL.EV ;
KAPLAN, AR .
NATURE, 1965, 205 (4974) :851-+
[8]   PTC TASTE BLINDNESS AND TASTE OF CAFFEINE [J].
HALL, MJ ;
BARTOSHUK, LM ;
CAIN, WS ;
STEVENS, JC .
NATURE, 1975, 253 (5491) :442-443
[9]   A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT METHODS USED TO ASSESS SENSITIVITY TO THE TASTE OF PHENYLTHIOCARBAMIDE (PTC) [J].
LAWLESS, H .
CHEMICAL SENSES, 1980, 5 (03) :247-256
[10]   COMPARISON OF BITTERNESS OF CAFFEINE AND QUININE BY A TIME INTENSITY PROCEDURE [J].
LEACH, EJ ;
NOBLE, AC .
CHEMICAL SENSES, 1986, 11 (03) :339-345